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Cygolite Metro 1200, 1100, 950, 800, 650 Lumen Bicycle Headlight Models – Night & Day Modes– Compact– IP67 Waterproof– Secured Hard Mount– USB Rechargeable– for Road, Mountain, Commuter Bicycles

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Color Black
Brand Cygolite
Material Plastic
Power Source Battery Powered
Water Resistance Level Water Resistant
Item Weight 0.4 Pounds
Mounting Type Handlebar Mount
Number of settings 9
Brightness 1100 Lumen
Auto Part Position Front

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  • LOCK MODE: The light is initially set to flash rapidly when power button is pressed – THIS IS NORMAL. This lock mode feature disables the light for safe transport or storage. To use normally, simply press the power button for 6 seconds, let go when light stops flashing, and now it's ready to use.
  • INCREDIBLY POWERFUL 1, 100 lumen USB rechargeable bicycle light with a long range and extra wide beam in a sleek and compact design. For road and mountain use.
  • 9 LIGHTING MODES: (Night Use: Boost - High - Medium - Low - SteadyPulse) Walking mode for use also as a flashlight (Day Use: DayLightningFlash - Triple Flash – Zoom ) See photo # 4 for run times
  • EXCLUSIVE STEADYPULSE mode alerts motorists with attention grabbing light pulses while its overlapping steady beam constantly lights your way at night. DAYLIGHTNING FLASH bursts lightning-like flashes to make you stand out on busy roads in broad daylight
  • BUILT TO ENDURE RUGGED CONDITIONS with durable & water resistant body and hard handlebar mount, all in a compact size &weighing only 150 grams. Convenient with fast USB recharging, Light Activation Lock for transport, & low battery indicator
  • DESIGNED, ENGINEERED, AND ASSEMBLED IN THE USA since 1991. Cygoliteis the proven American bicycle light brand with exclusive designs and innovations crafted into quality products that are on the leading edge of safety

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USB LED bicycle light
USB LED bicycle light
USB LED bicycle tail light
USB LED bicycle light
1100 lumen usb rechargeable bike light 950 lumen usb rechargeable bike light 800 lumen usb rechargeable bike light 650 lumen usb rechargeable bike light 150 lumen usb rechargeable bike tail light 50 lumen usb rechargeable bike tail light
Hypershot 350 Hotshot Pro 200 Hotshot Pro 150 Hotrod 90 Ranger 1400 Zot 450
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4.7 out of 5 stars
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4.5 out of 5 stars
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4.5 out of 5 stars
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4.6 out of 5 stars
1,920
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Price $50.45 $38.86 $35.35 $33.70 — $28.00
Brightness (lumens) 350 200 150 90 1,400 450
Number of Light Modes 7 6 6 6 9 8
Powerful Night Visibility ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Daytime Visible Flashes ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Run Times 2h to 200 h 2h to 210 h 2h to 210 h 1h 30m to 100 h 1h 15m to 30 h 1h to 65 h
Weight (grams) 70 60 60 30 185 70
Long Range, Wide Beam ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
USB Rechargeable ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Mount Style Hard Mount Flexible Mount Strap Hard Mount Flexible Mount Strap Hard Mount Flexible Mount Strap

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4.5 out of 5 stars
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Customers like the brightness, quality, durability and ease of installation of the bicycle light. For example, they mention it's bright, functional, useful and that it has a solid build. Some appreciate the ease of attachment and charging. That said, opinions are mixed on battery life, charging and mount.

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364 customers mention327 positive37 negative

Customers like the brightness of the bicycle light. For example, they say it's bright enough for riding around in the city at night, has a nice wide beam light, and offers competitive lumen output. Some mention that the daylight strobe is powerful and eye-searing. The illuminated function button is easy to see and it makes a good little flashlight to take with you.

"...It's light. Cheap. Durable. And powerful...." Read more

"...It makes a nice little flashlight to take with you as well - it's small, bright, and easy to recharge on USB...." Read more

"Easy to use and several modes of light make it a great purchase." Read more

"...That's what I've been using on my bike for about 5-10 years. 600 lumens is bright, but just barely enough to see the potholes far enough away in..." Read more

93 customers mention75 positive18 negative

Customers like the quality of the bicycle light. They say it's well designed, functional, and robust. Some customers say it works great for 15 minutes and then goes dark in the middle of a night ride. Overall, most are pleased with the product's quality and functionality.

"...The Cygolite 1100 really is just an incredible achievement, and the engineers should be proud...." Read more

"...I've found their products to be usually well designed, very functional and robust...." Read more

"...It's reliable, functional, and worth every cent." Read more

"This solidly built light has been terrific for my evening commutes...." Read more

75 customers mention60 positive15 negative

Customers like the durability of the bicycle light. They mention it's a solid build that will last a long time, it'll be reliable, and it'd be good quality. They also say the mount is sturdy and the product is well designed.

"...It's light. Cheap. Durable. And powerful...." Read more

"Very bright, small, well-made, no real complaints...." Read more

"The light unit is very well made and exudes quality.The mount is too small for today’s bikes...." Read more

"I'm a mostly Cygolite fan. I've found their products to be usually well designed, very functional and robust...." Read more

70 customers mention65 positive5 negative

Customers find the bicycle light easy to install and use. They mention that it attaches to the handlebars easily, and the mounting bracket is simple. Some say that the light is quick to mount and remove. Overall, most are satisfied with the ease of installation.

"Easy to use and several modes of light make it a great purchase." Read more

"...to get almost twice the brightness with a nice small, easy to install or remove light - and to be finally free of that big heavy battery pack!..." Read more

"...It's easy to install, easy to use, and easy to recharge. I liked it so much a bought a second one for my spouse's bike...." Read more

"...The bar clamps for these are easy to install, and I've fit them on both a 7/8" and a 1" bar. The lights are easily removable (as are the mounts)...." Read more

131 customers mention74 positive57 negative

Customers are mixed about the battery life of the bicycle light. Some mention that it lasts long time and is very affordable, while others say that the battery only lasted about 5 hours on blink mode, it happens too frequent, and the charge does not last more than one ride. Some say that it seems to die on its own, even when not in use, and that the batteries cannot be replaced.

"...The battery does seem to last as advertised, and I normally run it on strobe for daytime, and the highest setting for night riding...." Read more

"...The swivel feature is annoying...." Read more

"......" Read more

"...on medium, which is supposed to run for 3 hours but it started signaling low battery just before two hours and dead by about 2 hrs 10 minutes...." Read more

57 customers mention36 positive21 negative

Customers are mixed about the charging of the bicycle light. Some mention that it takes a micro USB for charging, it's easy to charge via USB outlet, and can charge from a USB battery bank. However, others say that the battery takes longer to charge than other lights they've used, and that they have trouble recharging the battery.

"...This is a decent setup.It charges with a MIcro USB, a common plug-in these days, and comes with an included cable...." Read more

"...One tiny gripe that doesn't impact my review -- the charger is micro USB, not USB C, so I have to have a cable just for charging this one and can't..." Read more

"...flashlight to take with you as well - it's small, bright, and easy to recharge on USB.Comparison to a much older LED light:..." Read more

"...It also charges fairly quickly and the micro USB is a good upgrade from the older mini USB ports. The mount installed easily on my handlebars...." Read more

52 customers mention25 positive27 negative

Customers are mixed about the mount of the bicycle light. Some mention that it's great in terms of mounting and aesthetically, while others say that it doesn't get tight enough no matter what they do.

"...is that the mounting bracket diameter is very small and will not mount near the center of my handlebars...." Read more

"...It's light. Cheap. Durable. And powerful.The bracket works reasonably well, with included shims, but I still long for a stem attachment..." Read more

"...Mount could be better. Flimsy clip with long screw is what holds it in place...." Read more

"...I like the hard mounting as well. I'm not a big fan of the rubber band. So I do highly recommend this product." Read more

67 customers mention6 positive61 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the adjustability of the bicycle light. They mention that the mount doesn't fit their standard-sized road bike, it won't work on their handlebars, and the clamp attachment device does not fit a great size range. Some say that the light barely fits around the skinniest part of the bar, nearest the stem. It also won''t fitting aero bars or any type of bars that feature integrated cockpits.

"...The mount is too small for today’s bikes...." Read more

"...The screw which retains the swivel plate invariably loosens and results in the light being pointed in the wrong direction...." Read more

"...The only drawback is that the clamp attachment device does not fit a great size range of handlebar...." Read more

"...This thing just BARELY fits around the skinniest part of the bar, nearest the stem, which is not the best place for it...." Read more

Bright enough for scooter or bike in pitch darkness, lightweight, small and securely mounted
5 Stars
Bright enough for scooter or bike in pitch darkness, lightweight, small and securely mounted
After weeks of combing through Amazon for a better and brighter light, reading countless reviews (sifting through the fakes to find the rare review that tells some truth about the lumens and other facts), as well as reading the bike light review websites and the history of CREE led, I've learned a few things which I will distill here.Most of the ubiquitous little inexpensive cup-shaped light (same or similar to the one I included in my 2nd photo) with a big battery pack that almost everywhere claims 1200 lumens is actually only 600 lumens. That's what I've been using on my bike for about 5-10 years. 600 lumens is bright, but just barely enough to see the potholes far enough away in complete darkness, I wanted something a little brighterA car headlight, for point of reference, is about 3000 lumens, so the lights all over Amazon for $20 or $30 dollars claiming anywhere between 1800 to 4400 lumens are almost all false advertising, or using cheap parts that will start a fire while you're using it or while you're charging it.This 1100 lumen light by Cigolite is the real deal (verified on review websites as well as being sold at legitimate stores like REI etc., aside from Amazon).Side-by-side comparison with my eyes as judgment - my old cup light (claimed 1200 but actually 600 lumens) was essentially the same brightness as the second level setting of this Cygolite Metro Pro 1100. When you press Cygolite once you get low, second press medium, third press high, and a fast double press give you 'Boost' - which is the full 1100 lumens.I ride around NYC on my adult scooter, and any pothole or unexpected crack in the sidewalk that I don't see coming could send me flying, I had to keep the speed low at night with my old 600 lumen light and was concentrating too hard because I couldn't see far enough ahead. I plan on riding now with the new Cygolite always on full boost 1100 lumens which I expect will give me the same riding experience at night as during the day.I'm pretty thrilled to get almost twice the brightness with a nice small, easy to install or remove light - and to be finally free of that big heavy battery pack!Based on all my research, I think I got the best intersection of lightweight, small size, super bright, and relatively inexpensive that there is. Similar lights with most of the same qualities go for $100 and up.I do not recommend falling prey to the high lumen claims for $15-$50 all over Amazon, the majority of them are pure false advertising.Not that it indicates anything about the brightness, but if anyone is wondering, in the photo of the light shining on the door, the light is set on low.
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Kelly
5.0 out of 5 stars Light up the night
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2019
Style: 1,100 LumensVerified Purchase
For long rides at night under a moonless sky, this isn't your light. Mainly, the battery will wear out in a few hours.

But for just about everything else, the Cygolite Metro 1100 checks all the boxes.

It's light. Cheap. Durable. And powerful.

The bracket works reasonably well, with included shims, but I still long for a stem attachment (I would buy separate). It's hard to keep the light tracking level after you hit the rough stuff. And by rough, I'm talking about the kind of hits that sting. Most riding does not affect the position.

I recommend these lights primarily for commuters, but I use mine for much more. It's great "insurance" if your ride ends up taking long than you expected, and you have to pedal home in the dark.

I also use this light for winter fat biking, paired with a helmet mounted Metro 360. This is a decent setup.

It charges with a MIcro USB, a common plug-in these days, and comes with an included cable. And this one charges a lot faster than the 360 I have.

The battery does seem to last as advertised, and I normally run it on strobe for daytime, and the highest setting for night riding.

I do see lots of these on the racks when I commute. Or out in the wild. They're common because of all the boxes they check.

If you're on the fence about this light, buy it. You won't be disappointed.
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Adam
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2017
Style: 1,100 LumensVerified Purchase
Very bright, small, well-made, no real complaints. The beam pattern is really great, the diffuser helps get a nice wide beam that feels safer than non-diffused lights I have used, especially when riding through corners. Longer battery life would be nice, but then it would be a bigger light and for me, 1 hour at the full 1100 lumens is enough for me; and on the "medium" setting you get about 3 hours at about 366 lumens . If you need more run time at high brightness, check out the Cygolite Trion 1300, which gives you 1:45 at 1300.

I think 1100 lumens is probably overkill if you're just trying to "be seen" by drivers, but it's great if you are riding at night down a dark road with no street lights. Part of my ride is on a forest path in the early morning with basically no lighting, and the 1100 lights it up like I was driving a car with the high beams on. When I'm on the main road, or when it's daytime, I can turn the power down to medium (about 366 lumens) to conserve battery life and not blind people.

The Cygolite 1100 really is just an incredible achievement, and the engineers should be proud. It makes a nice little flashlight to take with you as well - it's small, bright, and easy to recharge on USB.

Comparison to a much older LED light:

It really amazes me how powerful bike lights are now with all the advances in LED technology. About ten years ago I bought a Niterider Minewt X2 for a princely sum of about 150 dollars. It put out 150 lumens on max power and is almost twice the size of the Cygolite Metro series. That's a dollar a lumen. Today, I can buy a 1100 lumen light for about 10 cents per lumen! So, the size of LED bike lights has come down noticeably, and the price has come down 90% in terms of dollars per lumen. Just for fun, I charged up my 10 year old NiteRider and compared it to the Cygolite 1100. It's like comparing a cheap old flashlight to a car headlight or something - really incredible.
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M. J. P.
5.0 out of 5 stars Bright
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2024
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Easy to use and several modes of light make it a great purchase.
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Purple5
4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome quality light. Poor mount.
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2024
Style: 1,200 LumensVerified Purchase
The light unit is very well made and exudes quality.

The mount is too small for today’s bikes. You should not have to buy a larger clamp (that claims 35mm—but it doesn’t fit, I returned that).

I bought a flashlight bar holder for it, and that works very well.

The company can do better.
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Julia X
5.0 out of 5 stars Bright enough for scooter or bike in pitch darkness, lightweight, small and securely mounted
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2018
Style: 1,100 LumensVerified Purchase
After weeks of combing through Amazon for a better and brighter light, reading countless reviews (sifting through the fakes to find the rare review that tells some truth about the lumens and other facts), as well as reading the bike light review websites and the history of CREE led, I've learned a few things which I will distill here.

Most of the ubiquitous little inexpensive cup-shaped light (same or similar to the one I included in my 2nd photo) with a big battery pack that almost everywhere claims 1200 lumens is actually only 600 lumens. That's what I've been using on my bike for about 5-10 years. 600 lumens is bright, but just barely enough to see the potholes far enough away in complete darkness, I wanted something a little brighter

A car headlight, for point of reference, is about 3000 lumens, so the lights all over Amazon for $20 or $30 dollars claiming anywhere between 1800 to 4400 lumens are almost all false advertising, or using cheap parts that will start a fire while you're using it or while you're charging it.

This 1100 lumen light by Cigolite is the real deal (verified on review websites as well as being sold at legitimate stores like REI etc., aside from Amazon).

Side-by-side comparison with my eyes as judgment - my old cup light (claimed 1200 but actually 600 lumens) was essentially the same brightness as the second level setting of this Cygolite Metro Pro 1100. When you press Cygolite once you get low, second press medium, third press high, and a fast double press give you 'Boost' - which is the full 1100 lumens.

I ride around NYC on my adult scooter, and any pothole or unexpected crack in the sidewalk that I don't see coming could send me flying, I had to keep the speed low at night with my old 600 lumen light and was concentrating too hard because I couldn't see far enough ahead. I plan on riding now with the new Cygolite always on full boost 1100 lumens which I expect will give me the same riding experience at night as during the day.

I'm pretty thrilled to get almost twice the brightness with a nice small, easy to install or remove light - and to be finally free of that big heavy battery pack!

Based on all my research, I think I got the best intersection of lightweight, small size, super bright, and relatively inexpensive that there is. Similar lights with most of the same qualities go for $100 and up.

I do not recommend falling prey to the high lumen claims for $15-$50 all over Amazon, the majority of them are pure false advertising.

Not that it indicates anything about the brightness, but if anyone is wondering, in the photo of the light shining on the door, the light is set on low.
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Julia X
5.0 out of 5 stars Bright enough for scooter or bike in pitch darkness, lightweight, small and securely mounted
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2018
After weeks of combing through Amazon for a better and brighter light, reading countless reviews (sifting through the fakes to find the rare review that tells some truth about the lumens and other facts), as well as reading the bike light review websites and the history of CREE led, I've learned a few things which I will distill here.

Most of the ubiquitous little inexpensive cup-shaped light (same or similar to the one I included in my 2nd photo) with a big battery pack that almost everywhere claims 1200 lumens is actually only 600 lumens. That's what I've been using on my bike for about 5-10 years. 600 lumens is bright, but just barely enough to see the potholes far enough away in complete darkness, I wanted something a little brighter

A car headlight, for point of reference, is about 3000 lumens, so the lights all over Amazon for $20 or $30 dollars claiming anywhere between 1800 to 4400 lumens are almost all false advertising, or using cheap parts that will start a fire while you're using it or while you're charging it.

This 1100 lumen light by Cigolite is the real deal (verified on review websites as well as being sold at legitimate stores like REI etc., aside from Amazon).

Side-by-side comparison with my eyes as judgment - my old cup light (claimed 1200 but actually 600 lumens) was essentially the same brightness as the second level setting of this Cygolite Metro Pro 1100. When you press Cygolite once you get low, second press medium, third press high, and a fast double press give you 'Boost' - which is the full 1100 lumens.

I ride around NYC on my adult scooter, and any pothole or unexpected crack in the sidewalk that I don't see coming could send me flying, I had to keep the speed low at night with my old 600 lumen light and was concentrating too hard because I couldn't see far enough ahead. I plan on riding now with the new Cygolite always on full boost 1100 lumens which I expect will give me the same riding experience at night as during the day.

I'm pretty thrilled to get almost twice the brightness with a nice small, easy to install or remove light - and to be finally free of that big heavy battery pack!

Based on all my research, I think I got the best intersection of lightweight, small size, super bright, and relatively inexpensive that there is. Similar lights with most of the same qualities go for $100 and up.

I do not recommend falling prey to the high lumen claims for $15-$50 all over Amazon, the majority of them are pure false advertising.

Not that it indicates anything about the brightness, but if anyone is wondering, in the photo of the light shining on the door, the light is set on low.
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Diego Alejandro Márquez Estrada
5.0 out of 5 stars Eale
Reviewed in Mexico on February 22, 2024
Style: 800 LumensVerified Purchase
La luz es bastante potente, la he usado en lluvia y cero quejas.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good light, my 4th. But with battery life issues.
Reviewed in Canada on December 6, 2021
Style: 650 LumensVerified Purchase
Bought four of these over the last few years and they’re very bright, and which are easy to charge and also very easy to set up on either the bike or a helmet.

I usually bring two lights though on any ride that last more than 40 minutes because the batteries at full charge never make it to the duration clean by the manufacturer. This is consistent across all four of the lights that I’ve had at various output levels. My brightest light is 950 lm and it lasts only 40-50 minutes.

Also I’ve had two of these lights now die completely outside of Warranty. About 2 years in each case. There’s no way to change the battery so they go in the garbage. I don’t like to buy stuff which can’t be recycled or repurposed or fixed and the only reason I do so with these is that they are cheaper than alternatives and when they’re working they’re great lights. Two of them together riding on forest trails lights everything up nicely so I can see where I’m going and it seems to work well in any temperature. But I wish the manufacture would deal with this battery issue and make it possible to replace the batteries after they stop holding charge.

No I use these several times a week so that probably shortens the lifespan a little bit, but by comparison I have a good light from another company that has lasted me for four years now and still holds about 80% of the original charge. However I still recommend these lights because they’re well constructed, easy to attach, easy and quick to charge, and most importantly they throw a ton of light which is really important especially for biking at night.
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Firefrog
5.0 out of 5 stars Very bright.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2021
Style: 1,100 LumensVerified Purchase
I haven't actually had an opportunity to cycle with this light yet but it is very bright and lights up a wide arc of my garden. It seems very robust and the mount is secure on my bike. I've been looking for a light that actually lights up the path or road in front of me, rather than just providing a light for cars to see me, and this appears to do that well as far as I can tell from walking in my garden with it.
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Leon
5.0 out of 5 stars Fit my requirement
Reviewed in Australia on February 15, 2024
Style: 1,200 LumensVerified Purchase
Was just what I expected would be lights up extremely well
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fung0
5.0 out of 5 stars Lives up to my high expectations
Reviewed in Canada on June 16, 2020
Style: 1,100 LumensVerified Purchase
I originally ordered the 800-lumen Cygolite model, but Amazon pulled some kind of whammy, whereby the unit went out of stock *after* I'd purchased it. Very odd. Anyway, rather than wait an estimated two weeks, I canceled the order and shifted to the 1100-lumen model. After a few nights' use, I can't say I regret the extra $50 I spent in moving up.

The Metro Pro 11100 is way, way brighter than I need it to be. I use it on the lowest setting, and even then I have it directed downward at the road ahead of me rather than up into the faces of oncoming motorists. This configuration gives me exactly what I need for city riding. But it's great to know that I can detour into a darkened park or onto rough terrain, and see as clearly as I would have by the light of my motorcycle headlight. I don't use the flashing modes, and having experienced them from oncoming cyclists, I'd say they're probably far more dangerous than helpful. I can see no way that blinding and dazzling a driver - or cyclist - could improve the odds of them avoiding you. However, I do appreciate the Cygolite's ability to remember my chosen mode.

Physically, the Cygolite is even smaller than I expected (and I never thought it would be huge). The light snaps on and off it's handlebar mount smoothly and easily. The construction is all-plastic, and I'd hate to try dropping it onto concrete. But the light has a nice solid feel to it, and I'm guessing it will hold up well in normal use. Overall, I'm glad I went with the Cygolite over the many no-name options, and not unhappy that I got bumped to the high-end model. I'd certainly recommend this light to anyone anticipating a fair bit of night riding - or any cyclist who feels it's important to be visible from the International Space Station.
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